// JavaScript functions to replace "confirm" with an arbitrary
// web page
//
// usage: promptem("message")
// display message box with the preformatted message included.
// promptem("http://site.com/page.htm")
// display message box with the remote URL included
// promptem("local://path/to/page.htm")
// display message box with the relative URL included
//
// promptem("arg1", "height", "width")
// specify a height and width after the first argument optionally
// you can change these defaults
var title = "Confirmation";
var h = 200; // default height
var w = 250; // default width
// you can change the "false"s to "true"s and vice-versa if need be.
function setParams(){
var p = "";
p += "toolbar=false";
p += ",location=false";
p += ",directories=false";
p += ",status=false";
p += ",menubar=false";
p += ",scrollbars=false";
p += ",resizable=false";
p += ",copyhistory=false";
return(p);
}
/******************************************************************************/
// don't screw with stuff after this line
/******************************************************************************/
var returned = false;
var retVal = false;
var out;
var i=0;
function promptem(){
window.name = "lenny";
var text = arguments[0];
var params = setParams();
if(arguments.length > 1){
h = arguments[1];
w = arguments[2];
}
params += ",height=" + h + ",width=" + w;
out = window.open('', 'out', params);
out.document.close();
writeWindow(out);
writeContent(text, out.frames['content']);
writeConfirm(out.frames['bottom']);
out.focus();
returned = false;
while(! returned){
setTimeout(waitForClick, 50);
}
alert(i);
waitForClick();
return(retVal);
}
// bah.
function waitForClick(){
i++;
// alert(i);
// if(! returned){
// setTimeout(waitForClick, 50);
// }
}
// generates the frameset
function writeWindow(win){
win.document.open();
win.document.writeln("<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>" + title + "</TITLE></HEAD>");
with(win.document){
write("<FRAMESET ROWS='75%,*' BORDER='0'");
writeln(" FRAMESPACING='0' FRAMEBORDERS='no'>");
writeln("<FRAME SRC='' NAME='content' NORESIZE SCROLLING='no'>");
writeln("<FRAME SRC='' NAME='bottom' NORESIZE SCROLLING='no'>");
writeln("</FRAMESET></HTML>");
close();
}
}
// puts the content into the content frame
function writeContent(text, win){
colonAt = text.indexOf("://");
spaceAt = text.indexOf(" ");
url = false;
if(colonAt != -1 && (spaceAt == -1 || spaceAt > colonAt)){
url = true;
}
if(url){
win.location.assign(text);
}else{
with(win.document){
close();
open();
writeln("<HTML><BODY>");
writeln(substitute(text,"\n","<BR>\n"));
writeln("</BODY></HTML>");
close();
}
}
}
// puts the buttons into the bottom frame
function writeConfirm(win){
with(win.document){
close();
open();
writeln("<HTML><BODY><FORM><P ALIGN='CENTER'><CENTER>");
writeln("<INPUT TYPE='BUTTON' NAME='b1' VALUE='OK' onClick='top.opener.butt1();'>");
writeln("<INPUT TYPE='BUTTON' NAME='b2' VALUE='CANCEL' onClick='top.opener.butt2();'>");
writeln("</CENTER></P></FORM></BODY></HTML>");
close();
}
}
// OK button click handler
function butt1(){
retVal = true;
returned = true;
out.window.close();
}
// Cancel button click handler
function butt2(){
retVal = false;
returned = true;
out.window.close();
}
// replaces all instances of needle in haystack with newNeedle
function substitute(haystack, needle, newNeedle){
var end = 0;
var start = haystack.indexOf(needle, end);
while(start != -1){
end = start + needle.length;
newHaystack = haystack.substring(0, start);
newHaystack += newNeedle;
newHaystack += haystack.substring(end, haystack.length);
end = start + newNeedle.length;
haystack = newHaystack;
start = haystack.indexOf(needle, end);
}
return haystack;
} |
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